Israel as a Fragmented Society: A Look at Sephardim-Eshkenazi Gap

Israeli society is made of Sephardim and Eshkenazi Jews that have their particular socio-cultural features. Considering their specific music, accent, literature and history, both of them can deepen social cleavages in Israeli society. Since today’s social cleavages in Israeli society include ethnic, religious and even class cleavages, then this article studies the
subjective, objective, economic, social, cultural and political aspects and appearances of Sephardim- Eshkenazi cleavage. This issue and its impact on Israeli society is investigated by quantitative and field study methods. Regarding Sepharadim-Eshkenazi ethnic struggle, the author concludes that the gap between them has deepened and improved. In contrast with notions of decreasing ethnic gap in Israel, the author believes that it will persist.